Cowgirl Up! How I Came Back to Equine: Dreams of Traveling

I keep thinking of things I want in a horse, and I keep trying to shape Val to be that. Kind of like I have this clean slate that I can create my heart's desire in equine. I've been a dog trainer for 20 years, so I'm really not that naive, but hope springs eternal! One thing I thought of was to make sure she hops right into a horse trailer. My dogs love to ride in the car, no reason my horse can't enjoy travel, is there?? My problem is that I have never loaded Khandle in a trailer, so I don't have any idea how she will react, and I didn't want Val to see mommy snorting and pulling away from the trailer, IF that happens. So this past weekend I opened the trailer door gingerly, and neither mare nor filly reacted at all. So far so good. I took some grain and got in the trailer, and asked Khandle very politely if she would like to come inside and have some grain. She didn't step in, but she did stretch her nect really really really long and had some grain. Then she decided it wasn't worth the stretch, got bored and left.

I tried to coax Val inside, who by this time was kinda curious,butshe also got bored and left.

I climbed out of the trailer, and then Val came back, and just hopped inside! I was shocked, but also thrilled. What a cool little filly she is! Bold and curious and fearless, I hope it lasts. She walked around inside for a few seconds while I stood outside and quietly held my breath, then she hopped back out and started to graze. No big deal.

All in all, she seemed to have a fun weekend. She got in lots of running, and is getting SO strong and fast, I love to watch her. I can't get many good photos, because the delay on my iphone is just enough to catch her tail in the photo. Most of my pictures have just a nice yard scene with a filly tail or maybe a foot on the edge. Some of the good ones have a headless filly as she speeds out of the photo. I mangaged to get just a few shots of her actually completely in the picture.